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Library Training Courses
We offer specialist online training designed around the everyday challenges of library work. Whether you're developing staff in public libraries, colleges or secondary schools, our practical courses build the skills and confidence your team needs. We also bring our proven approach to the community and voluntary sectors through our Reading for Wellbeing programmes for staff and volunteers.
- 18 courses
- 4 sectors
- 4,500+ staff trained
- From £25 per place
Public Library Training
Practical online reader development training for public library staff, from the library welcome to displays, promotions and themed collections. Ten courses at three levels cover frontline staff, library assistants and librarians, and managers, with a personal mentor on every Advanced course.
Playing your part in the library welcome
A fast, practical and enjoyable course in active customer-care skills, specific to libraries.
Talking with readers made easy
What do you say when someone asks you if the library has got any good books?
Putting readers first
Understanding what readers need is the basis for a fresh approach to connecting with your customers.
Merchandising the bookshelves
Adapt retail techniques to boost performance and help readers make new discoveries.
Creating powerful promotions
This course will give your library displays some new bite!
Managing first impressions
Learn to see through your customers’ eyes and take practical steps to improve your most important spaces.
Engaging reading audiences
Explore a wide range of ideas to broaden the reach and appeal of your library to your reading community.
Observation research
Use these techniques to get beyond a familiar workspace to what your customers actually see and do.
Reading for wellbeing: library-based
This course is designed for library staff who want to use reading to support people facing life's challenges.
Creating themed collections
A versatile toolkit for digital promotions, engaging library displays and confident reader recommendations.
College Library Training
Specialised training courses to strengthen your college library’s role in student success. Develop skills in customer care, observation techniques, and student engagement with interactive exercises, mentoring, and personalised feedback. Tailor learning to your college’s needs and improve library services.
Playing your part in the library welcome
A fast, practical and enjoyable course in active customer-care skills, specific to libraries.
Managing first impressions
Learn to see through your students’ eyes and take practical steps to improve your most important spaces.
Observation research
Use these techniques to get beyond a familiar workspace to what your students actually see and do.
Creating themed collections
A versatile toolkit for digital promotions, engaging library displays and confident reader recommendations.
Secondary School Library Training
Online training written for secondary school librarians. Creating a welcoming school library is built to make a real difference to your library in just 4 weeks, and Engaging students in reading helps you understand student motivations and shape your day-to-day reading offer.
Community Reading Facilitators
Getting lost in a good read is calming. It distances you from everyday stress and can give you a break from the instant demands of social media. Talking about reading and stories can unite people in ways that allow them to put aside their differences, temporarily escape their problems and meet on common ground in an equal conversation. Our courses will give you the skills and confidence to work with a wide range of people, whether they think of themselves as readers or not.
